Rufaidah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-FAY-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Rufaidah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Rufaidah mean?
Arabic
Rufaida al-Aslamia, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, is remembered as the first Muslim nurse.
Is Rufaidah a girl's or a boy's name?
Rufaidah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rufaidah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Rufaidah, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Rufaidah of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Rufaidah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Rufaidah 10
- Rufaida 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Rufaidah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
Names like Rufaidah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Ruqayyah Aaliyah Safa Ayah Aafiyah Umaymah Azeemah Musfirah Sumayyah Rahma Umamah
Other spellings of Rufaidah
Rufaida
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rufaidah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rufaidah, updated 20 October 2026.